College Funding

November 13, 2005|Don Lerman Boca Raton

On Oct. 19, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported on page 1 that the "cost of college keeps rising" and will be 5 percent to 7 percent more than in 2004, or about $5,500 per year in public universities and about $21,000 per year in private universities.

That's abhorrent. It's not only unfair, it's unwise, unnecessary and unacceptable. Local, state and federal governments must fund our colleges to the extent necessary so that higher education is available to all -- wealthy, middle-class and poor.

There was a sad time in our history when only the wealthy were able to afford a college education. This must not be allowed to happen again. Higher education should and must be kept affordable and available to all.

FOR THE RECORD - CORRECTION PUBLISHED TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2005.The letter, "College funding," published in Sunday's newspaper, was written by Lester Segarnick, of Boca Raton, not the person identified at the bottom of the letter. We regret the error.